Google is expanding Nano Banana, its AI photo editor, to the Gemini Overlay making it accessible from any app.
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Key Takeaways
- Google is testing a new Nana Banana button for the Gemini overlay.
- The test follows Google’s addition of the popular AI Image editing tool to several key apps.
- A mysterious “Feeling Lucky” button has also been found in the overlay.
The company recently added Nano Banana features to Search, Photos and NotebookLM. Expanding its reach into the Gemini overlay is a further step toward making it always available, no matter which app the user has open.
Google Expands Nano Banana to Gemini Overlay
The Gemini Overlay, Google’s quick-access AI assistant, appears over the top whatever app you’re using when summoned, typically by long-pressing the power button. It hasn’t, until now, supported Nano Banana image editing, but new features discovered in the latest version by AssembleDebug at Android Authority suggest this is about to change.
The first new feature, currently in limited release, activates when you add an image to a conversation with Gemini in the overlay which surfaces a new “Edit this image” button. Tapping this button launches a chat with Nano Banana, allowing you to describe your desired edits. Nano Banana’s familiar yellow banana icon is absent this time, but the underlying AI technology remains the same.
New Randomly-Selected Nano Banana Edits On The Way?
The report also reveals a new “Feeling lucky” button, featuring the now-famous banana icon. The button is currently inactive, so its exact function remains unknown, but it’s likely to apply an automatic edit to your current image based on what Google thinks you would like to see.
This concept echoes Google Search’s “I’m Feeling Lucky” button. Enter a search term and this button will take you directly to the first result. However, tapping it while leaving the search box blank will take you to a randomly selected page from a curated list of “feelings” such as “I’m Feeling Trendy,” “I’m Feeling Curious,” or “I’m Feeling Artistic.” The new Nano Banana “Feeling Lucky” button will likely perform a similar random selection upon which to base an amusing edit for your uploaded image.
Google tests a new “Feeling lucky” button for the Gemini Overlay, featuring the well-known Nano Banana icon.
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Google already provides regular tips for Nano Banana, such as this recent tutorial on creating spooky Halloween portraits. The “Feeling Lucky” button offers another new avenue for sparking creativity, encouraging users to explore the tool’s capabilities and create sharable content.
If Nano Banana is always there waiting for you, there’s little reason for many users to switch apps and use a competing tool.
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